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SCOTLAND- King Of Kings 2014

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Had my phone on all morning but no call yet from 10 Downing St or wee Eck in Bute House following my famous win yesterday. On the plus side, the Queen was very nice and sounded genuinely pleased for me.
 

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Had my phone on all morning but no call yet from 10 Downing St or wee Eck in Bute House following my famous win yesterday. On the plus side, the Queen was very nice and sounded genuinely pleased for me.

Never mind them calling, what about your handicap Sec?;)
 

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Never mind them calling, what about your handicap Sec?;)

I would be very disappointed if I'm still off 19 when I get to Hillside. My 1st year in medals last year was a disaster but the qualifiers are due to start up again in the next week or two so will have quite a few chances to get it moving in the right direction.
 

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I would be very disappointed if I'm still off 19 when I get to Hillside. My 1st year in medals last year was a disaster but the qualifiers are due to start up again in the next week or two so will have quite a few chances to get it moving in the right direction.
Geri, we'll be even more disappointed if your still off 19 ::whistle:
 

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I'd just like to add my thanks to Virtuocity for organising the competition and to the rest of the players for making it a pleasant way to spend an afternoon on the course.

Good luck to ger147 at Hillside. I'm sure that you will do the Scots proud.
 

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I'd just like to add my thanks to Virtuocity for organising the competition and to the rest of the players for making it a pleasant way to spend an afternoon on the course.

Good luck to ger147 at Hillside. I'm sure that you will do the Scots proud.

And thank you to you Simon for helping ensure our 4 ball didn't get lost and well done on a very good score yourself.
 

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Just found that I broke a rule by taking a penalty drop out of a bunker on Sunday at the KOKs therefore disqualified. my apologies to all , nothing like a old fool
 

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Just found that I broke a rule by taking a penalty drop out of a bunker on Sunday at the KOKs therefore disqualified. my apologies to all , nothing like a old fool

Dopey Git!

i would love to say that I told you so...other than the truth is that I'm largely clueless about rules...those bunkers were no problem anyway..you just keep bashing it until it comes out. Some might see 13 on the card as problematic, but in price per shot terms, well worth it:lol:

I think Patrick broke the odd rule too. At least twice he drove to the right hand side of the fairway...and it's definitely a rule on the New Course to ALWAYS aim at left hand side of the fairway....
 

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Dopey Git!

i would love to say that I told you so...other than the truth is that I'm largely clueless about rules...those bunkers were no problem anyway..you just keep bashing it until it comes out. Some might see 13 on the card as problematic, but in price per shot terms, well worth it:lol:

I think Patrick broke the odd rule too. At least twice he drove to the right hand side of the fairway...and it's definitely a rule on the New Course to ALWAYS aim at left hand side of the fairway....

Don't forget Lig hitting it right on every hole exept the one that had the big gorse bush on the left..... then he hit it left... straight in it:rofl:
 

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A big thank you to Virtuocity for organising this meet on the perfect date to fit in with my travel plans and for picking the New Course over the Jubilee.
(playing the Jubilee today!)
Was great too to meet some new faces and El Bandito too! :D

Top marks to williamalex, patricks148 & El Bandito for putting up with me for so long - especially when I instigated a helicopter - and my potty mouth!

Well done to ger...ry on being on speaking terms with her Maj!
See you at Hillside!
 

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Afternoon all,


Thanks to Virtoucity for organising a good day out, please sort the weather out aswell for any future events thanks. It was good to meet everyone and put faces to names.

Good to see El Bandito and his lovely wife again, we’ll get out for a round together one of these days.

Now to the golf, my round started off well enough, par, par, drove into a fairway bunker on the 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] finished with a bogey and then back to level par with a birdie on the 4[SUP]th[/SUP]

Then we get to the 5[SUP]th[/SUP], iron started off well enough then when it hit the front edge of the green it just bounced left, across and in to the bunker. I find myself at the bottom of the cliff face with nowhere to go as the bunker is wrapping around me from both sides. (I’m only just starting my third season of golf, but the penalty drop in the bunker option is one I’ll now never forget). Fifth stroke finally puts the ball in a position where I can now play it backwards and out, finished with an 8

Another birdie on the 8[SUP]th[/SUP] and missed par putt on the 9[SUP]th[/SUP] leaves me with a 42, +6 with all of those strokes dropped on the two par 3’s. The back 9 was a blur, dropping more shots, +6 on the par 3’s


In summary I was +7 for fourteen of the holes and +12 for the four par 3’s


Think as a four ball we all started off well enough, standard of golf was very good but everyone was struggling with the pace of the greens. Simon and Ger shot some very good scores, Willie for the majority of the course was nailing his drives very straight and I had some nice approach shots to get my two birdies on the front 9. Me and Willie didn’t really have a chance though with Ger and Simon finishing 1[SUP]st[/SUP] and 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] on the day.


Thanks all and I look forward to meeting you again at any future event I can get to.
 
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